Apparatus and method for providing hybrid fairy tale book in mobile terminal

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing a hybrid fairy tale book in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus for providing a hybrid fairy tale book in a mobile terminal includes a downloader which downloads a book application selected by a terminal user from a storage server, a processor which displays an input UI on the screen according to an execution instruction for the downloaded book application, and then searches for the content of a first fairy tale book connected with the book application from a paid database in the storage server, when a condition selected by the input UI is met and thus, an authentication code is inputted; and a control display which processes the found content of the first fairy tale book using a personal image, and visualizes the processed content of the first fairy tale book through the book application.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for providing a hybrid fairy tale book in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
 a downloader to download a book application selected by a terminal user from a storage server;   a processor to display an input UI on the screen according to an execution instruction for the downloaded book application, and then to search for the content of a first fairy tale book connected with the book application from a paid database in the storage server, when a condition selected by the input UI is met and an authentication code inputted; and   a control display to process the found content of the first fairy tale book using a personal image, and to visualize the processed content of the first fairy tale book through the book application.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an interface to acquire an image taken by a camera as the personal image, or to determine an image extracted from a memory by an instruction to be the personal image, wherein the control display processes the content of the fairy tale book by replacing the faces of characters in the content of the first fairy tale book with the personal image.   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein when the condition selected by the input UI is met and the authentication code fails to be inputted, the processor searches the content of a second fairy tale book as a part of the content of the first fairy tale book from a free database in the storage server, and the control display visualizes the found content of the second fairy tale book through the book application. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the paid database stores an authentication code, which is issued when a publication corresponding to the content of the first fairy tale book is produced (the authentication code is printed in the publication), by matching the authentication code to the content of the first fairy tale book, and the processor determines that the condition is met and the authentication code is inputted, when the authentication code, which is inputted by the terminal user that recognizes the authentication code through the publication, is found in the paid database. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the paid database further matches identification information of a terminal user that bought the publication with the content of the first fairy tale book and then stores the identification information, and when identification information of a terminal visualizing the content of the first fairy tale book is found in the paid database, the control display permits the visualization. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the processor identifies a gender for the personal image, and then replaces a face of a main character among the characters with the personal image according to the identified gender. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein when the number of personal images is n (n represents a natural number), the interface receives the respective characters, which are selected as matching the n personal images, and the control display replaces the faces of the characters with the n personal images, based on the selection. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , the apparatus further comprising an input to allow the content of the first fairy tale book to be scanned and outputted by means of an output device. 
     
     
         9 . A method for providing a hybrid fairy tale book in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
 downloading a book application selected by a terminal user from a storage server;   displaying an input UI on the screen according to an execution instruction for the downloaded book application, and then searching for the content of a first fairy tale book connected with the book application from a paid database in the storage server, when a condition selected by the input UI is met and an authentication code inputted; and   processing the found content of the first fairy tale book using a personal image, and visualizing the processed content of the first fairy tale book through the book application.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 acquiring an image taken by a camera as the personal image, or determining an image extracted from a memory as the personal image;   wherein the visualizing of the processed content of the first fairy tale book comprises processing the content of the fairy tale book by replacing faces of the characters in the content of the first fairy tale book with the personal images, and then providing the processed content.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 searching for the content of a second fairy tale book as a part of the content of the first fairy tale book from a free database in the storage server, when the condition selected by the input UI is met and the authentication code fails to be inputted; and   visualizing the found content of the second fairy tale book through the book application.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 storing an authentication code, which is issued when a publication corresponding to the content of the first fairy tale book is produced, in the paid database by matching the authentication code to the content of the first fairy tale book; and   determining that the condition is met and thus the authentication code is inputted, when the authentication code, which is inputted by the terminal user that recognizes the authentication code through the publication, is searched in the paid database.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the processing and providing of the content of the fairy tale book comprises identifying a gender for the personal image and then replacing a face of a main character among the characters with the personal image according to the identified gender. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein processing and providing of the content of the fairy tale book comprises receiving characters which are selected as matching the n personal images, when the number of the personal images is n, where n represents a natural number, and then replacing the faces of the characters with the n personal images, based on the selection. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 allowing the content of the first fairy tale book to be scanned and outputted by means of an output device.